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EMPSON MILUS.
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YOL. ?.
LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
big job of Clothing
_Baltimore Fir?.
lilli DRUNKARD.
Writ ton By Wi Ul nm Avery Wood tm
Tin* imutviiM Advertiser.
Edward and Milton Poareo were
thc only sons of Johnathan < median
[Pearoo, and were both handsome
[boys and well educated.
Edward was just eighteen years
?of age, while Milton was almost
seventeen.
Their father had once boen one
bf tho Wealthiest fanners in Caroli
na, but ho was now a drunkard, a
jl?erfect sot. There is, I think, no
[necessity to explain the meaning
[of the word "drunkard" for, no
doubt, many of you have witnessed
[titc misery caused by drinking. In
[most cases it is
Tho want of mont, and Of broad,
Which tho drunkard's wifo must Pear:
Rlvors of tears HIIO docs ?hott,
i Still, what dues thc drunkard care.
Jonathan Pearce made it ti regu
lar practico to return home every
evening, as tho old saying lins it.
"drunk and still drinking." His
two boya looked on him in disgust,
wliile Ids dear, good wife begged
him, for the sake of his sons and
for his own sa ko, to cease drink
ing.
"Ohl father, do stop," sim said.
"Don't USO that poison. Oh, stop!"
But to all these pleadings ho turn
ed a deaf ear. and it seemed very
much as if he was going to disgrace
and ruin tho wholo family. In fact,
.his own sons were ashamed of him.
They worked hard and studied
Itheir books at night, and managed
[to cam a decent living, and, 1 may
[say, a luxurious one, while their
ifatlier was in the "drunkard's den,''
?gambling, drinking and swearing.
lOnoneof these occasions ail the
family lind retir.ul to sleep, but
Uliey were destined to soon ko
{awakened, for about 12 o'clock the
? two brothers, who slept up stairs,
sworn awakened by their motlier
[Screaming and tho sound of heavy
blows. Tlioy both jumped to their
feet and ran as fast as they could
Ito their mother's room. Just as
' tiiey reached tho door of her apart?
[ nient the blows ceased, and their
i fatlier spoke-for ho was boat?
i ing their mother.
"Now give mo that money."
"Ohl don't beat mu so," Mrs
Pearce said, crying.
"Aint yer goin' to git it; eh!"
and ho again raised his heavy
whip; ho was so drunk that ho al
most fell to the floor.
"Oh, help!" cried Mrs. Pearce,
Tho boys could stand it no long
er, but entered nt once and lied
their father, yes, tied their own
father, but it was the only remedy.
They tied him secure, ni though he
fttrttgcled much,
And there lav tho groat, strong mau,
Dogging, ?sad rascals can.
Then Edward spoke and sahl:
"Father we regret very mindi todo
this, but we have asked you kind
ly, nay, begged you to change your
couse of life. Milton and I have
dono all in our power to do, yes,
more than would bo oxpectcd of us,
Uni, father, we do not intend to
follow your course, nor do we in
tend for you to continue it any lon
ger."
"Don't you!" yelled the old man.
"You will soon find out whothor
wo do or not," and Edward stopped
out of Hie room.
Ile determined to resort to strat
egy, so ho procured a large butcher
knife, a pail of water and tho host
clothes his father owned and car
ried them and laid them down by
his father, for as I told you Mr.
Poareo was tied so fist that ho
could not move hand nor foot,
Mr. Pearce watched nil theso pro
ceedings in amazement, hut enid
nothing. Edward thon got the Bi
bil*, and himself, mother and broth
er all knelt around the drunken
man-who was getting ?ober won
derfully fast. Then Milton pro
ceeded to read a chapter rotating
to drunkenness. Still Mr. Pearce
said nothing.
"Well," said Edgar picking Up
tho butchor knife, "father we now
tell you good-bye, for we deem i'
expedient to put an end to all
wretches and drunkards, such as
you ore." And ho wedded Ills
knife above his father's head.
Then Mr. Pearce broke forth and
exclaim: "Ohl son, would you mur
der your own father? Oh, please
have mercy."
"Well," said Edward coldly, "we
will give you one moro chance? if
you will promise never to touch
whiskoy again, und treat motlier ns
you should, w?s will free you, but"
"I will, I promisol" shouted Mr.
Pearce.
And now there ls not a better
?band In all Carolina,
.dward and Milton aro both
fllftrrlcd and have little children
around their knees and-but the
pleasant part ot it is they never
drink. No, never.
old mau Jonathan laughs and
pays,-and ? say so too-that If bog
King won't do, why, then, resort to
force, and you will conquer.
riIIO FA ICM Hits* AL.CIANCIO
Declaration of Purposes by tho
Farmers of Alabama.
Wc, tho farmers of Alabama, feel
ing the importance of a closer bond
of union between us, in order to n
better regulation of our llnnncinl
ami homo interest, mutually ngroe
lo form ourselves Into an an asso
ciation to ho called the Farmers'
Alliance, Those ure our principles:
1. Wo beliovo in tho oxh tonco of
a Supreme Heilig, who rules and
govern*) tho universe.
2. We believe tho Hilde to be tho
Book of Truth, und adopt it as our
waybill through life.
.'5. We beliovo in and assert the
dignity of agriculture.
4. Wo aim to bring about tho
adoption, by our class, of more im
proved methods of farming.
. i. Wo believe; in tho acquirement
by nil who cnn, of a knowlodgool
seien ti (ic agriculture.
i?. We labor for tho higher edu
cation ol our class generally.
7, Wo favor tho adoption of all
labor-saving implements and ma
chinery in farm work.
8. Wo labor to adorn and beauti
fy our homes, and render farm life
more attractive.
'.?. We labor to bring about among
our class a better finding, socially.
IO, Wo labor for tho education of
our (dass, in tito science of econo
mic government, in a strictly non
partisan spirit.
M. We believe in tho enactment
of but few laws, and these laws to
ho faithfully executed.
12, We believe io the principle
ol equal rights to all and special fa
vors to none.
13. Wo believe in tile principle of
lotting thc o Alco seek the man and
not tho man tho ofllce.
1 I. Wo are unqualifiedly averse
to anarchy, socialism, communism
and agrarianism, in whatever form
it presents itself.
IG. Wo beliovo it essential to
free government, that every man
own a permanent interest in tho
sin).
IO. Wo are utterly opposed to all
monopoly, as contrary to our insti
tutions, und dangerous to the liber-*
tics of tho people. v. '
17. Lobbing WO believe lo be
nguinst tho welfare of the people*
and should by law be punished.
18. Dealing in "futures" in agri
cultural products we believe great
ly demoralizing to (ho country, de
ranging tojttsl values, and should,
by law, l>>- suppressed.
WK We aim to I nangu rate among
ourselves a system of co-operation
in buying and selling, and- to try,
by all just moans, lo better our con
dit ion financially.
20. We beliovo in tho doctrine,
"pay as you go," and urge upon far
mers tin; abandonment of Hie er?! ?lit
system as spe edily as possible.
21. We Wu go no war upon any
ol lier class except extortioners; bul
recognize tho rigid of all to hotter
their condition by just and honest
methods,
22. We beliovo in thc right of
?very man to acquire as much mo
ney us be can, honestly, provided
he does not use it to tho injury of
another.
28. It is against tho spirit of this
order for om; brother to go to law
with another; bul all disputes
Should be .-ot tied fl m Oil g themsel
ves; or, failing in this arbitration,
The Forecast For Mari?h.
charlotte Chronic lo I Prof. J.e.
Bah.'r, our local weather prophet,
comes promptly to tho front with
Mis WCatllQr table for Mandi. Ho
says that the weather for this
month will be as follows, the pre
dictions la ing calculated for tho
BOUthorn states; 1 and 2 partly
cloudy, cold wind; 8 fair and cold :
I Blent] 8 rain, sleet and fog; (5 fair
and cold wind ; 7 and H snow und
rain; band IO fair and front; ll lit
tle ruin; 12 fair and cold; 18 fair,
frost and wind, 14 nearly fair and
Cold w ind; lo fall" nod cold; lb fair,
frost and wind: 17 portly cloudy
and cold wind ; 18 little rain, windy
and warmer; 2b partly cloudy and
warm ; 21 rain, thunder and wind;
22 rain, thunder, wind und nomo
had ; 23 good rain, thunder and cold ;
21 I it tics rain, cool then fair off; 2?
nearly fair und mild; 27 warm and
thunder; 2s little rain and thunder;
21) littlo rain then fair; 80 fair and
cold; 31 partly cloudy and cold.
A purgativo medici?n should pos*
BOSS tonic and curative, ns well
us cathartic properties. This
Combination or ingredients may be
found In Aycr's Fills. They
istrengbeii and stimulate tho bow
els, causing natural action,
BILL NYK'S TRAVELS.
HE MEETS A HARD FISTED FARM
ER ON A RAILWAY TRAIN.
Tho Agrloulturolitd Unbosoms Illili
Bolt' .lust Why Ho Doesn't Love a
Bucolic I.M'<-.
On bon rel :i Western train the
other day, I held in my bosom for
over seventy-live minutes tho el
bow of a large man whose name I
did not know. Ho was not a rail
road hog, or I would have resented
it. He was built wide and he
couldn't help it, so J forgave him.
Ho lind a large, gentle, kindly eye,
and when he desired to spit lo
wen t to tho ear door, opened it and
decorated tho entire outside of the
train, forgetting thal our speed
would give scope to his remarks.
Naturally as he sat. there by my
side, holding on to his ticket llrm
ly and evidently afraid thc conduc
tor would come and get il. I be
gan tollguro oui in my mimi what
might bo his business. He had
pounded one thumb so that tho nail
was black where the blood had get- '
tied under ic. This might happen j
to a Shoemaker, a carpenter, a
blacksmith or most anyone oise.
So it didn't hele me out mindi,
though il looked lo me as if it
i
might have been done by trying to
drive a fence rail through a leather
bingi; with the back of an ax, and
nobody but a farmer would try to
do that, following up tin4 clue I
discovered that he had milk on his
boots, and then 1 knew I was right.
Tho man who milks before day
light I:-] a barn, when tho thermoni- !
(der i-- down to 2S below, and who
miss ?be i*.li! and '.lils bi-: bod by
reason nf thc cold and tie" uncer
tain light and tlc- prudishness, ol'
tho cow, is a marked man. Ho
cannot conceal the fact thal he is a
farmer unless he removes (bul
m
badge. S ) I started out on that
theory and remarked that this
would pass for a pretty hard win
ter on stock.
The thought was not original
with me, for I ha vi; heard ii ex
pressed by others either in this
country or in ICuropC. He said it
would.
4iMy callie bas gone through a '
.ltlOWful o' hay SCIICO October and
eleven ton o' brand, Hay don't
seem to have the goodness to it
the! lt bed Inst year, and with their j
new process griss mills they Jerk
all the juice out o' brond, so's you
might US well feed cows willi excel
sior and upholster your horses willi
hemlock bark as to buy brand."
"WeM, why do you run so nundi
lostock? Why don't you try di
versified farming and rotation of
crops ?"
"Well, probably you got the idee
in the papers. A man that earns
big wages writing'Farm Hints' for
agricultural papers can make more
niony with a soft lead pencil and
two or three season-cracked idees
like that'll than 1 eau currying of
'em out on the farm. Wo Used to
| have a foliar In the drug store in
our tOWll that wrcto such good
pieces for the Knrul Vermonter
mid made up such a good condition
powder out of Ins own head that
two years ago we asked him to
write ii nessay for the annual
melding of the Buckwheat trust,
und lo uso hi? own Judgment about
choice of subject. And what do
you B'pOSO lu; bad selected for a
nessay that took tho whole fore
noon to read ?"
"What subject, you mean V"
"Yes."
4 (Jive it up."
"Wi ll, he'd wnde out that whole
blamed intellectual wad on tho
subject of 'Tho Inhumanity of De
horning Hydraulic Kains.' How's
that?"
"That's pretty fair."
"Well, tannin' is liku running a
pa por in SOUK; things. Every fel
ler in tho tin; world will take and
turn in and tell you how to tio it,
even if hedon't know u blame thing
about it. There ain't a man in the
United States to-day that don't se
cretly think ho could run airy one
if Iiis other business busted on In.ti,
whether ho knows tho (li(Toronco
between a new milch cow and a
hoffO buy-rake or not. Wo had ono
of these embroidered night-shirt
fanners como from town lat
tei'n years ago. Been a toilet soap
man and done well, and so became
out and bought a farm that had
nothing to lt but a fancy house and
barn, a tot of modder in tho front
yard and a southern aspect. Tiio
farm was no good. Yo.i couldn't
raise ?v disturbance on it. Wolli
what (loos lie do? (loes and gels a
a passlo of slim-tailed, poller cows
(rom New Jersey and aims to l>an
die cream and diversified farm lng.
Last year the cuss sent a load of
cream over and tried to sell it at
tho croainatory w hile tho lunornl
and hollorcost was goin* on. I may
bo a sort ol a chump myself, but 1
rend my paper and don't get left
like that."
"What are tho prospocts for far
mers in your Slate ?"
"Well, they uro pore. Never
was so pore, in fact, sonco I've been
there. Folks wonders why boys
leaves the farm. My boys left HU
SO as to get protected, they said,
and so th ?y wont into a clothing
store ono of'em, and one went in
to hardware and ono Into ttilkln'
protection in tho legislature this
winier. They said thal farmin'
was ?'ottin'tu be like huntin' and
fish in', well onough for a mau that
has means and leisure, but they
could not make a living at it, they
said. Another boy is in tl drug
store, ard the man that hires him
say- ho is a royal feller."
"Kind of a castor royal feller," I
said with a shriek of laugtcr.
He wailed until ? had laughed all
I wanted to and then ho ?aid:
"I have always hollered for high
tariff in order to hyst tho public
debt, bul now that we've got the
national debt coopered I wish
they'd take a little hack at mine,
I'vo put in Hf ty yours farmin'. I
novel' drank liquor in any form.
Iv'e worked from ten lo elgetcen
hours a day, been economical and
close, and never went lo ti show
moro'u u dozen times in my life,
raised a family and learned up
ward of tu ? hundred calves to
drink oui ot a tin pail, without
blowing all their vittles up my
sleeve. My w ife win ked illoiisido
of mo sewiu' new seats on tho boys'
pants, skimmiu' milk and even
helpin' mo load bay. For forty
years we toiled along toge til or and
hardly got time to look into each
other's laen or dared to stop and
get acquainted with each other.
Then her health failed. Ketchod I
cold in tho spring house, prob'ly
sk i ni m in' milk an' wnshin' puns
and scaldiu' pails and spun kl n' but
ler. Anyhow, she lo >k a long
breath one day while tho doctor
and me WHS watehin' her, and she
says to me,'Henry,'says she, 'I've
got ll chance to rest,' and she put
one tired, worn out hand on top of
Hie other tired, worn out hand, and
1 kliow'd she'll gone where they
don't work ali day and do choi es
till night.
"I took limo to kiss lier then.
i'd boon too busy for a good while
previous lo t i lit, ami then I called
ill the boys. After the funeral it
was too much for them to stay
around and eat the kimi of cookin
WO had to put up will?, and nobody
spoko up a roil n ?I tho house as wc
n ed to. The boys quit wlllstlill'
around the barn and talked kind of
low by themselves about goin' to
town and Rettin' a job.
The Fftects of Had Literature.
Ono day hist week three youths
ol'( i reen ville, all under IO years
and all sons of highly respectable
parents, left home mistoriously.
Tlicy had been seen lo leave thc
city each bearing il bundle, and
with thc appearance of being runa
ways, That night the boys failed
to turn up, mid search w as begun
for them. U was unsoccossful and
tho boys caino back of their own
accord, ll turns out that they had
sot out to see tho w orld for them
selves and had made ti compact
that ttii! flrst one of tho party who
offorod turn back should bo shot
and his hoad cut off by tho other
two. When they got ns far as
Simpson ville, on tho ("reenvide
and Laurens Hoad, however, the
whole parly concluded to come
Lacie, which they did, much to the
joy of the fond parents. Dime nov
els aro said to have inspired the
boys.
Thero is no period of a girl's life
al which she is not beautiful and
charming'ind all that; but it must
be confessed that lt is as a bride
that she takes the cake.
There ure onough miles of rail
road In the United St Hes to girdle
the earth H Ve and n half times.
Over A half million Of men are en
gaged in Operating these roads.
There are thirty thousand locomo
tives, twenty thousand passenger
ears, r d eight hundred and seven
ty-ion, thousand freight cars in the
United Hintes.
DON'T GIVE UPTH?SHIP ;
PRESIDENT NORRIS' APPEAL TO '
THE FARMERS OF THE STATE. J
Tho situation Kev lowell urn! thc Fur? '
mei's Ur?cd toKeep Up (heh* Plght (
JA ti a Soparalu AgHoulriirul College, (
To tho farmers of South Carolina: i
I believe that tho lively interest .
manifested hy yon for the past two
years in thc press, In oublie moot- :
Inga, in the by-laws, at homo ami ;
abroad, a ucl in throe Stale conven- i
Hons held in Columbia, attended I
With loss of tim?' and a considerable I
expenditure of means, which many l
eoidd ill alford, incant something*
more than a capriciousness of pur?
pose.
The first of these conventions con
sidered many things.
The second, more (dearly perceiv
ing our m cessitle?! i.nrrow'cd it.s de
liberations materially, specially rc?
commending a separate agricultu
ral college, tho establishment of an
experimental station in connection
with the said college, thal the board
of agriculture should bo divorced as
fara-, possible from politics and its
members chosen hy Uni ''armer's
Association, and that the law organ
izing tho hoard should bo SO amen
ded as to increase its members from
five to len, willi tho power of olect
ingitsowu secretary. Tho last con
vention, hold after the lapse of
twenty months from tho first, and
after the recommendations ?man
?t inn; from tho second had been er r
neslly discussed holli publicly and
privately! unanimously closed its
session hy affirming the above re?
commendations, although, before
Hie vote was ordered, an earnest
explication had been made them of
the plan afterwards followed hy the
Legislature.
lt is (or you to say whether or not
your wishes have boon mot. In
Stoad of one Iron.;-, well-equipped
experimental station, in connec
lion with tho agricultural college,
wt; have three weal; one-, ai which
n large per cent of their income will ?
he initially expended in "duplica
ted" ?Moers. I nstead of a real agri
cultural college, separate' anti apart
from the influences of the Routh
('andina College, where it was hop
od hoys would not only he educa
ted anti trained in thc mysteri?s of
successful agriculture ami made ac
quainted willi the powerful levers
of progressive farming, hut where
tito allurements and inspirations r i
farm lifo would bo constantly in
stilled into their minds and from
which wc might hopo lo have a fair
preecntagc of them return to Ibo
avocations of theil" fat her.-, we have
an enlargement of Hie annex only.
Instead of a hoard of agriculture re
organized on the plan outlined by
your eon volition, tho legislature has
enlarged tho present board, deny
ing it tho power to elect its own
secretary) thus fatally crippling Its
efficacy.
Without claiming that all wis?
.om is with tho farmers, it appears
to mo, as I feel it must to you, that
lu these matters affecting us and
our interests first ami foremost, our
judgment ami wishes should have
boen concurred in, md In tito grud
ging and half-way manner in which
we leave been rceogni/.ed| hut cheer
fully and heartily. The more SO
when the enactment of these meas
ures into laws would base entailed
liltleorno additional tax, as their
maintenance would have chiefly
como from money now appropria
ted by law for similar hut unsatis
factory use. Congress bas given to
tho farmers of South Carolina! in
common willi those of other States,
1)115,000, ami has secured to ns bo?
sities $11,000, bolh sums to bo paid
annually. Besides this tho farinera
of tho State aro paying about $25,
ODO, a year's inspection fees oil fer
tilizers, to furnish a fund to he ll sod
in their interest ami for their pro
tection.
Who gainsays their righi to say
how this $51,000 should he expend?
ed, or who so hohl as to deny that
lt would not bo expended ns it
should he? it is I argo) y through
your labor that the State has col?
looted iu taxes during tho five
years Immediately following our re
demption from Rad leal rule, not
counting the ahove annual tax on
fertilizers, nor the constantly in
ferno from phosphate royalties, tho
poll tax, the ordinary und special
county taxes, nor the const it nt lonni
two mill school tax, from which
sources many millions have been
extorted from us sinco 1870. I re
peat, in those years the Stat?) bas
collect ed for its ordinary purposes
tho enormous sum ot* $2,857,000, and
ti tito past five years, (issy Mol
nado up,) tito increasing sum of
113,626,500. These vast sums have j
>een freely given to every variety
)t purpose, from iee; tickets to canal
ligging, Irom soap and towel:; and
natches to gilding the State House,
md from extra clerical expenses to
M30,000 in salarie-;.
And yet ive mc told that tho
State Is too poor to give tito meagre
ut tn Of $50,000 to commence to hu i ld
ip (his institution upon which the
"armers were beginning to look as
0 their Mecca. Tile advocate- of
he scheme, adopted hy thc last
1 legislature, made no Issue with
the justness of the demands madel
hy your convention, as witness thc
laws enlarging thc board of agricul
ture and the ainu \, and tho estab
lishment of experimental stations,
i'hey diverted thc l.ree/.e you had
stirred lo thc sailing of their boat.
You are ..ailed upon to say if the
L?gislature, which has just expired,
voiced the sentiment of tho majori
ty of tho people of thc state on ?
these questions. These measures]
wert- not before the pOOplc when
it was elected, und ?ii ii co iso
pience it was voted for without
reference to timm. Will you, once
disregarding the (aunt that fill'lil
ns will not stick together, unite in
your strength, numerically, (lunn
[dally and politically, and secure to
yourselves that measure of the
state's fostering care which your
?ni pori a" ce deserves V
If you decide to right yourselves
lind gain that consideration in Hie
councils nf thc State to which you
are entitled and which i- gracious
ly extended lo tho runners in many
d' our sider Slate--, leaders
w i I 1 ~ b o found who ll re
the peer- of any wlio may oppo.'.C
you. Consider these matters as
settled and a generation will live
and die without seeing them chang
ed, i would not impugn tho mo
tives of tho friends of tho recent
legislation on those matters. They
aro South Carolinians, equally in
terested with any of. us in tho
State's prosperity and advance
ment, but 1 deny ill toto their su
perior wisdom in dealing with ques
tions pertaining so nearly to the
farmer's interest, for 1 am pur
? naded many, if not most, of tho sup
porters of tho bills pnssod relating
lo these things aro not of our profes
sion and necessarily do not, nor can
ned, think and feel ns wo do in ref
erence to them.
I woiihl.rospeet fully ask the press
of thc state to give publicity to Hill
address thai it may bo considered
by all of the farmers of the state.
Pres. Farmers' Association ofS. (!,
Hickory Flat, Feb. ii:',.
A Sleeping Match.
The latest sensation in New York
is a sleeping match, lt will take
placent Madison Square (?arden.
The, men engaged In tho novel
coulest are to sleep one hundred
and forty-two hours on ;i stretch.
The man who sleep- for that length
of time w ithout w aking will will
the ca).?lal prize. There luis al
ready been Sl.V dillies for the
.'race," and it is presumed that the
number will bc Increased before
the contest begins.
So far no entries have been ni a vi o
from South Carolina. There are
some mighty good sleepers ill this
state, on Sundays. They can la
found in nearly all Ibo churches.
Here (bey have a chance to attain
distinction.
The cases against .John C. Keels,
K. Pennington, Peyton (i. Dowan
and Waller I. Ifarby,charged with
the murder of Justice George E.
llaynsworlb in a shooting affray ill
his court on the 80tll of last Decem
ber, was called in tito court of ses
sions for Sumter county, Monday,
J ltd go Fraser presiding. After
about Ave hours of argument by
both counsel for 11)0 di fence and
(he state, nil (he cases were post
poned uni il the May term of the
court. The continuances were
granted on llCCOUIlt 0? the absence
of material witnesses for the de
fence. All tho parties w ere admit
ted to bail to appear for trial In
May.
Dr. (?. M. By mino?, of Peru, Fla.,
lins two of the teeth of a mastodon,
w hich were found by a boatman
during tho recent freshet on the
Alalia Hiver. One ol' hem weighs
-even pounds and measures eight
inches In length and fourteen
and one-nnlf In clrcuinfer
ence, and the other is slightly larg
er and heavier, The doctor will
place them on exhibition itt the
Sub-Tropical. A search will be
pnado for tho skeleton of the ani
mal.
Iowall ipublic.un aro becoming
alarmed und I hey say that. If the
Prohibitionists insist Upon running
a State ticket Inls Fall they will
glvo thc State to tho Democrat-*,
I). K. NORRIS,
N. w s nuil i iotnii r.
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CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
Kiu-ts .UM! Fa notes O?u( herod From
VtU'loitH Quarti i .
Tho most trying position a truthful
clergyman can bo in i; to bo preaching
the funeral sermon of a mun who died
rich und mean.
A movement lins boon started Cor Hie
purclin8o of tito euri*, homo of tito poet
Whittier and its pro rvution us a shrine
for patriotic Americans. ,
An English firm culls attention to ita
admirable supply of sermons for melan
choly occasions, which they rctnil for
seven pence each. Special sermons oro
two and six a hoad.
A Kow Orleans newspaper says that
tho millions ot pickaninnies scon around*
tho colton tields of tito south furnish tv
complete refutation of tho theory that
the negro race in America ls (lying out. >
An eighty tor. Hat car. which is claimed;
to bo tho larges! over made in this coun
try, is hoing built In Packerton. Pa.i anti
when finished will bo used for hauling a
lot of machinery from New York to
Bethlehem.
An Orlando (Fin.) newspaper man han
substituted a pair of ? and kid crane -, for
watch dogs, ami bc finds that tlx ir loud,
clear uoto of warning w lu n a (ramp or n
burglar comes near i i un clfcclivo nienns
of protection.
The manager of thc nutomnt lc machines
which furnish weights, sweetmeat 1, pens,
paper, and other things lo London,
people, recently showed tho polico haifa
ton of lead and zinc dies und thousand*
cf pieces of cardboard that lind been
dropped Into tho machine ii.stead o?
pennie...
Tho two new victorias of the rennten*
from California ure wild to ho tho most
elegant carriages Been in Washington.
Senator Stanford's attracts th.- greater
attention for the reason thu! tho coach
man and footman aro io deep mourning
and mutch tho somber Imo of tho boises
and thc harness,
Tho crown princess of Au ?ria pro?
scnlcd her husband, Prince Rudolf, with
a completo outfit ot geometrical instru
ments us a New Year's gift. Tho caso
of walnut, Inlaid with silvi r, which held
tho instruments, also contained a pretty
letter from tito princesa trusting that
their lives would "henceforth bo hap?
pier. "
California is proud of ber record for
1887. Three hnnih'od mil a of new rail
road wei-.- laid, tho osHcSscd value ofi
property Increased $15ld,000,000, tho
wine and brandy product w;,i large,
50,000,000 pounds of ennned gooda and
05,000,000 of green fruit wore shipped,
and tItero never was r uck n year lor
tourists.
Among tho gifts offered to tho p?po
on bis birthday ii ?? cont!?vaneo by a
French engineer, named Arragon, for
ringing largo church India by eli otricity.
A similar nt rangement \ -. wobollovo, nt
present ot work in a London church, tho
apparatus having l>een designed and
erected by sonto of tho students at thc
Finsbury Technic:.! college.
A Russian general lui i created a great
sensation i:i Fur pe by furnishing nil
elaborate neheme for tho construction of
a railway through fill : : i to tko Pacific
ocean. H ls intended : ; i by tho short
est possible cut from t!? . Urals t<> tho
Pacido ocean. Tb I i' ! . ?lof tho rond
is entimated nt $00 ?,000,OOO, which, it
is believed, cnn he readily raised in Hus
HU itself. ?.?
Ex-Governor Alger's great Michigan
pino forest Is localed at Block river, on
Lake Huron, near Alpena. It comprises
70.000 acres, or over 100 square miles.
Thc annual product of tho forest ia from
75,000,000 lo 00,000,000 f111 of lumber,
according t > thc slate of ti: trade. Thcro
ure 500 men employed In ti..? nine camps
in tho fere. t.
Hucksters atv co numerous In porno
part8 of tow n that they ute a serious au
noy ance to housckco'ici'S, A lady i?.
West Phila lelphio, tired of their rei "?ted
ringa tit her dcor bell, adopted a \ ry
shrewd moans < C golfing rid of thom.
She notified every ono wi io came to ber
bouse that she w ould have him arrested
for selling without license if ho cunio
again, lt waa only n gUCSS of hers U8 to
tho licence, but tho shot wc:;l homo in
every case.
Tho wife < f a United States Kenntet is
believed lo have broken tho Washington
visiting record. Sho mais- forty-oight
calls in ono afternoon, Assuming that
?io galloped tho round of ber social duties
in four hours, sho made twelvo colls an
hour, or OHO every live minnies, De
ducting tin! lime taken In going from
hou.se to liouso and estimating ii al two
I minutes, tho average durati in of a call
would bo about tbreo minutes. Thrca
minute:; however, is suf?loicnt for tho rc?
quiromcnta of Washington friendship. .
Opening of Rfialn's PAvtlantoiit.
The opening of tho Spanish parliament
hy tho infant king and hi.; mother, tho
queen regent) was ti inosi interesting
Spectacle, Tho infant king was dressed
in white, with n wbfto bonnet, tho latter
being ri moved upon bis bel?g seated ou
the throne, to tho right of queen Chris
tina, w iio ,- black dre i. only relieved by
ti dara and a gold cellar of diamonds,
formed a striking contrast to (ho mass oj
geld color covering tho house and light
ing up tho tribunes. While tho queen
read the speech from tho throne in ch ar,
audible (ones, without tho slightest signa
of thc nervousness attributed to ber, tho
young king Surveyed (be eceno with
complete composure, fixing lils attention
alternately upon the ass(lablago and
Upon the qUCcH. When tho reading of
thc document w OS completed, his majesty
showed a wish lo bo among tho first to
leave, but h ing taken in (he queen's
arms ho remained perfectly quiet.-Tim
Argonnut.
Ton l'uvorlto Nuv?U.
The Unity < bib ot 1 Vi,vu- recently nd?
j dreased h it: rs to (ho leading ministers,
lawyer?, politicians and lib rary men of
the state asking cadi to furnish n list of
ten novels ho considered tho greatest.
Tho results showed the favorite novels to
lie, in the order named: "I,en Miser
ablcs," David Copperfield," Scarlet Let*
ter," "Ivanhoe.'' "Vanity Fair," "Ko
niola," ".hine Eyre," "Adam Fide,'*
"Ben ll ur" ?nd ? ? '. , t abiti.'1